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5 results for MLA from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jan 12, 1991	54D	Org. for language specialists	Ronald C. Hirschfeld	Maleska
Fri Aug 1, 1986	32D	Org. interested in French, Spanish, etc.	Jim Page	Maleska
Thu May 4, 1978	60D	Linguists' org.	Louis Sabin	Maleska
Sun Jul 27, 1969	108D	English teachers' group: Abbr.	Ruth Ball	Weng
Sun Jul 8, 1962	129D	Language assn.	Ted Dombras	Farrar

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